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Oh! why should the spirit of mortal be proud?Like a swift-fleeting meteor, a fast-flying cloud,...A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave,Man passeth from life to his rest in the grave.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

The hand of the king that the scepter hath borne;The brow of the priest that the miter hath worn;...The eye of the sage, and the heart of the brave,Are hidden and lost in the depth of the grave.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »